Tag: social cleansing

Activists in East London Are Fighting to Stop Property Developers Destroying a Dalston Market
Hackney residents are fighting against the redevelopment of Ridley Road Market, demonstrating how a diverse community can reject neoliberalism’s deterioration of community space and offer grassroots, democratic solutions.
Social Cleansing in Istanbul: Residents of Stigmatised Neighbourhood Fight to Stay in Their Homes
An impending earthquake is being used as a pretext to demolish Küçük Armutlu, a stigmatised Istanbul neighbourhood that is home to religious minorities, dissidents, leftists and banned militant groups. But residents aren't giving up without a fight.
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The Sofia Solidarity Centre Squat Exposed a Housing Crisis Past Breaking Point
Opened on Great Portland Street as London temperatures dropped to minus ten, the Sofia Solidarity Centre squat housed close to two hundred rough sleepers by the time it was evicted. In addition to providing shelter to some of the city's most vulnerable people, the Centre served as a vigorous embodiment of the housing crisis and showed just how easy it could be to get people off the streets.
Elephant and Castle: Students Protest University’s Role in Gentrification
Students at the University of the Arts London occupied their Southwark campus to protest the part it has to play in the creeping gentrification of Elephant and Castle.
‘What Does Gentrification Mean to You?’ Asking Teenagers in Elephant and Castle
Youth worker Ciaran Thapar interviews the young people he works with in Elephant and Castle about gentrification in the area.
Homeless Families and Social Cleansing: How Local Councils Are Forcing Vulnerable Households Out of London
Exclusive: London Councils are ending their homeless duty to vulnerable families by forcing them to accept private rented tenancies hundreds of miles away, outside the capital, FOI's by Housing Action Southwark and Lambeth reveal.
8 Key Findings into Council-Administered Social Cleansing in London
Housing Action Southwark and Lambeth has used freedom of information (FOI) requests in every London borough to research the effect of the 2011 Localism Act on the rehousing of homeless households. The findings reveal the social cleansing of central London by the hands of local authorities.
7 Ways the Localism Act is Shafting the Homeless and Precariously-Housed
Heard of the Localism Act 2011? Nor have most people, but this seemingly-subtle piece of legislation is having devastating effects on homeless and precariously-housed people as well as social housing more broadly. These effects are only set to be exacerbated, requiring action before we're fire-fighting nationwide social cleansing.